Open AccessKaposi’s sarcoma: An unusual penile lesion in a HIV negative patient
Author(s) -
Aldo Franco De Rose,
Matteo Justich,
Guglielmo Mantica,
N. Testino,
Carlo Terrone
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
archivio italiano di urologia andrologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.429
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2282-4197
pISSN - 1124-3562
DOI - 10.4081/aiua.2017.2.164
Subject(s) - lesion , medicine , glans , differential diagnosis , penis , sarcoma , glans penis , biopsy , kaposi's sarcoma , lymphoma , pathology , dermatology , surgery , human herpesvirus
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) of the penis is a very rare lesion and it is usually observed in HIV-infected patients. We introduce a case of KS of the penis in a 75 years old HIV negative patient with a peripheral T-cell lymphoma. He came to our attention with a painful ulcerated red lesion on the glans that stretched from the urethral meatus to the coronal skin. This lesion was found to be a KS balanopreputial in the classical variant. Penile KS must be included in the differential diagnosis of genital diseases especially when the clinical features of the lesion are aspecific and diagnosis can be made histologically by performing a biopsy.